Motor Ability Profile of Junior and Senior Male South African Taekwondo Athletes

Abstract

ance (60-second sit-ups and 2 minutes push ups), explosive leg power (vertical jump), agility (T-test), aerobic power (20 m bleep test) converted to maximum oxygen uptake (VO 2max) were measured. Data were analysed with t-test for independent samples and Z-score individual radar plot statistics for each athlete. Results: There was no significant difference in agility between juniors (10.9 ±0.4s) and seniors (12.6 ± 1.2s) (p>0.05). The seniors showed significant (p<0.05) higher values in sit ups (

Anthropometric Profile of Elite Male and Female Cadet Taekwondo Competitors

“…The results indicate that there is a statistically significant difference between the anthropometric variables recorded in the male and female population. In addition to the fact that the results confirmed that male competitors are taller than female competitors and have greater muscle mass, which was previously recorded in all age categories, from juniors (Bešlija et al, 2021;Mathunjwa et al, 2015), cadets (Bešlija et al, 2021) to seniors (Čular et al, 2020) clear differences were observed in the proportion of fat in total body mass and the size (thickness) of skin folds. More specifically, in addition to the directly measured higher proportion of fat tissue in the total body mass, out of a total of 6 "skinfold measures", indicators of the proportion of fat tissue in the total body mass, statistically significantly higher results were recorded in 4 of the female competitors compared to the male competitors.…”

Motor Ability Profile of 9-12 Years Old Taekwondo Athletes

“…Whe reas, the status of prioritize the characteristics as the highlighted factors in trainings and talent iden tification in this sport still remained unknown (Arazi & Izadi, 2006). Ad ditionally, there is lack of information regarding age and development in taek won-do making it chal lenging to determine the impact of differences in physical profile between junior male and female athletes (Mathunjwa et al, 2017).…”

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“…Whe reas, the status of prioritize the characteristics as the highlighted factors in trainings and talent iden tification in this sport still remained unknown (Arazi & Izadi, 2006). Ad ditionally, there is lack of information regarding age and development in taek won-do making it chal lenging to determine the impact of differences in physical profile between junior male and female athletes (Mathunjwa et al, 2017).…”